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Auction 27  19-22 January 2017
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Lot 1333

Starting price: 70 USD
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FRANCE: Napoleon III, 1852-1870, medal (142.9g), ND (ca. 1860), 113mm Bois Durci uniface medal of Jean Pierre de Beranger from the Second Empire, bust left with J. P. DE BERANGER above, with hanger at top, plain edge, Choice Unc. Bois Durci refers to a compound of finely ground sawdust and a binding agent (reputed to have included animal blood). It was created in France in the mid-19th century.

Estimate: 85-115 USD
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